Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) Name Tomi Pollanen Playing career | Shoots Left Position Forward | |
Born 26 May 1978 (age 45)
Joensuu, FIN ( 1978-05-26 ) Weight 176 lb (80 kg; 12 st 8 lb) GET team
Former teams Lillehammer
Jokipojat (Mestis)
KooKoo (Mestis)
Assat (SM-liiga)
Frisk Tigers (GET)
KalPa (SM-liiga)
Jokipojat (Mestis)
Sierre-Anniviers (Nationalliga B) | ||
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Tomi Pöllänen (born 26 May 1978 in Joensuu) is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward, who plays for Lillehammer in the Norwegian GET-ligaen.
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Early career
He started his career in 1993, playing for Jokipojat at junior level and was promoted to its Mestis-team in front of the 2000/01-season. The year after he got transferred to KooKoo in the same league, where he became the league's top scorer with 28 goals and made the All-Star team.
SM-liiga and Norway
In 2002, he joined Ässät in the SM-liiga for two seasons, before moving to Norway playing for Frisk Tigers in the 2004–05 season of GET-ligaen. He then moved back home to play for SM-liiga team KalPa in the 2005/06-season. After that he joined Jokipojat for 28 matches, following a brief spell at Sierre-Anniviers who played in the Swiss Nationalliga B.
Before the 2007–08 GET-ligaen season, Pöllanen made another trip to Norway, playing for GET-ligaen team Lillehammer, where he has played three seasons. In 2009–10, he was the player with the most points during the regular season.